Trustees for Alaska

Analysis

Trustees for Alaska is a registered charity in United States, based in Anchorage, AK. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Trustees for Alaska reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.8m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $1.7m (+12%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Trustees for Alaska sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within AK. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation Inc ($1.7m), Grassroots Ecology ($1.7m) and Piedmont Conservation Council ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 1.9% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $150k (8.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.0m. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $787k, net assets of $883k. It reported 18 employees.